Chapter 7:
Fortunately for the united kingdoms of Norway, England, Sweden, Scotland, and Wales, the next king was not unlucky. He was however, sex-crazed. He sired bastards everywhere he went. Surprisingly, he only sired one legitimate son. King Sigurd also travelled a lot. He was commonly considered the last viking as he raided France and Morocco quite often. He was also thought to travel to Greenland to secure it under Norwegian control. It is assumed this due to several women claiming to be the king's lover coming to prominence in Greenland. A new wave of settlers traveled to Greenland during King Sigurd's reign, as further evidence that he traveled to the island. The settlement grew along the coast of Greenland. This would lead to an excess population in Greenland due to heightened birth rates. The excess would need to go as Greenland couldn't support its population. The excess needed to go west to Vinland, formerly abandoned due to natives. King Sigurd also had one conquest to make, Denmark. He thought that Norway's old rival had to be conquered. And so he invaded. It was the perfect time to invade as the Danish king was an incompetent drunkard. The Baltic territories were conquered first in the battles of Tallinn, Tartu, and Riga. The battle of Tallinn was the first attack of the Norwegians, it was a close battle but the Norwegians pulled through to victory. The battle of Riga led to Norway securing their control over Estonia and Livonia. Their next step was conquering Copenhagen, the siege of Copenhagen would last 3 months. It ended with the Danish king, King Valdemar being captured. The throne of Denmark was added to King Sigurd's list
of titles. In total, the king had 40 children, 10 were in France, 5 in Norway, 5 in Greenland, 2 in Morocco, 3 in Denmark, 1 in Scotland, 3 in England, 1 in Wales, 2 in Sweden, 2 in Finland, 2 in Livonia, 1 in Estonia, and 3 in Ireland. He died in 1210, aged at 50 years.
 
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The 2nd non-Norwegian chapter:
It was done, Syria and Armenia were under the Eastern Roman banner. Jerusalem was firmly Catholic, Iberia was free from Muslims, and the Reconquista was set to continue into Africa. The next step was to reunify Christendom under one faith. Byzantium was setting its eyes west, to the Balkans as their next target. The HRE was setting its eyes east, to Poland and Pommerania. The Kievan Rus' was focused on stabilizing its new territory. Jerusalem was ruled by a knight order, the Knights Templar. The Teutonic Order of knights would aim at Prussia and Lithuania. France was currently split between north and south, France and Aquitane. Aragon ruled the east part of Iberia while Portugal ruled the west. In America, the Norse settlement has begun to expand to all of Newfoundland, most of the natives have either moved or died from disease (smallpox), leaving more room for the Norse to settle.
 
Chapter 8:
September 31, 1210
It was King Håkon II's birthday. He spent it just how he liked it, alone and in the forest. He was hunting. He had inherited the throne a week prior and his coronation was to occur later today, at noon. He finally saw a buck elk at 8 a.m. He took out his bow and shot, moments later the buck fell to the ground. "A successful hunt I see, my liege."
"Indeed it was, Tryggvald."
"You must get ready for your coronation, get out of these rags and take a shower, my liege."
"If I must, then I shall," replied the king. And so he did. At the coronation, the duke of Northumbria died after drinking too much. He was King Håkon II's half brother, hailing from Denmark. Due to not having children, all of his land passed to the king. The king wanted to conquer Ireland anyway but having direct control over Northumbria and its men would make it easier. The new duke of Normandy, William, was also a bastard, but was the king's brother. Due to this knowledge, the duke asked for the king's help in securing the kingdom of France for himself. The king agreed and invaded Ireland quickly, he succeeded in conquering Dublin but not much else as he was pulled into a war with France to put his brother on the throne. Half of France against the other half with Norway supporting the rebelling side. It ended with a Norman victory and Duke William became King William. While France was friendly for now, the Kievan Rus were growing hostile due to desiring Finland, Estonia, and Livonia. However, they wouldn't be a threat for long due to events after King Håkon II's death. Nobody expected the threat from the east. King Håkon died in 1235 while fighting a bear when hunting.
 
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Chapter 9:
A horde of horsemen conquered the Tatars in 1240. The Norwegian king was Harald IV, a religious zealot. He was almost a puppet of the Pope. The queen however, was skeptical of religion in private and made sure their son would reflect her beliefs. Queen Anna was the child of the Holy Roman Emperor, leading to a temporary alliance between Norway and the Holy Roman Empire. In public, the queen was not skeptical at all of Christianity but was less pious than her husband. She commonly tried to influence the king but he gave too much influence to the Pope. When the Pope declared a crusade for Egypt, the queen urged her husband not to go. He went anyway and died trying to conquer Egypt for the Pope. The crusade was a success but Norway was left to be kingless until Prince Håkon came of age. The queen was regent for Prince Håkon. She ended up conquering Ireland in her regency. The king came of age in 1260.
 
Chapter 10, part 1:
In Vinland, the city of Viđrborg grew nearly as large as Bergen. Due to this, one of King Håkon III's first actions as king had him travel to Vinland and force it to accept him as king. He also arranged that all new territory to the west would be Norwegian territory. The native population in Northeast America had been decimated by smallpox, with only around 1% of the population surviving the disease. The Norse, seeing as now their island was slightly cramped and that there was plenty of free land to the west, sailed to Markland to set up new towns. These settlements had few native incursions due to the natives being outnumbered by the Norse in the areas of settlement. The continent was named Ommerike (far country). As the Norse spread, the natives died of either disease or skirmishes with either the Norse or each other. In Greenland, the Thule people finally made contact with the Norse in 1264. The Thule were quickly forced into submission to exert Norse control over the island. Ommerike would be dismissed in Europe (except Norway) as a myth for 2 more centuries as Norway was not trading any really exotic goods as would be expected from a new continent. Norway was just fine with this as it wouldn't have to worry about competition in colonizing the New World. Africa was viewed as the real place to go as it was certainly real.
 
Chapter 10, part 2:
When the Holy Roman Emperor died, the electors decided upon his grandson becoming the emperor. And so King Håkon lll was selected as the emperor with the Pope agreeing to the choice because King Harald lV was so easy to control. The Pope hadn't realized that Håkon was almost nothing like his father. The king agreed to become emperor and the two realms were united. King Håkon lll the threatened war if the Teutonic order didn't swear fealty to him as his loyal vassal. England was now completely and utterly Norse speaking. English people viewed themselves as Norse too. King Håkon imported various European literature, music and cultural works and translated them into Norse for his subjects to enjoy. He also did the reverse, translating traditional Norse works into the various German and Italian dialects of the H.R.E. It was in this way that Dutch and Italians learned of the "mythical" Ommerike. It was dismissed as myth in the H.R.E. because if it was there, and natives lived there, wouldn't they have heard of the Lord, instead of being heathens? King Håkon's biggest concern were the horsemen to the east. He commonly stated that the Mongols were the biggest threat to Christendom. Few cared when the Mongols conquered the Samanids, people thought the Lord would protect Christians from the Mongols. Then they thought "Good riddance" when the Mongols conquered the Seljuks. Then in 1270, the Mongols conquered the Rus. Everyone thought Christendom would be next after that, all nobles in all kingdoms soon panicked. Some in England moved to Ommerike to conquer new lands. Most nobles however, wished to fight the Mongols alongside the Saracens. When the Mongols invaded the Byzantines, they immediately offered to pay tribute in exchange for not being conquered. The Mongols accepted. The Mongols never invaded Norway or the H.R.E. as the bordering lands seemed poor (Finland, eastern Poland, Baltic areas). Aquitane and Aragon united their kingdoms to form a bloc that would hopefully unite Hispania and Gaul. France was of course, nervous about this union and wished to have its own union. It would, in time. Portugal soon conquered the southern kingdoms of Iberia while Castille and Leon would unite. The kingdoms of Murcia and Valencia also united while Muslims in Africa started to feel threatened due to Christendom growing more powerful. France was desperate for allies so they turned to Norway for an alliance, trying to capitalize on their shared dynasty. Norway/ the H.R.E. accepted and so Aquitane-Aragon turned their sights to Navarra. It had no allies and it was small. It was then conquered by Castille before the Aquitanians could invade. The united Holy Roman and Norwegian empires were larger than the Roman Empire at a square area of greater than 5.5 million km. The Norwegian fleet was the largest in the world. After the conquest of the Rus, missionaries swarmed to the Mongols to try to convert them to Christianity. They succeeded in the Golden Horde but failed elsewhere. The Ilkhanate converted to Islam instead. The far east converted to neither. The Holy Roman-Norwegian Empire was the 2nd most powerful country in the world, after the Mongol Empire. King Håkon lll died in 1310 after 50 years of rule.
 
Chapter 11:
Upon King Håkon lll's death, the Norwegian Kingdom was split for the Holy Roman Empire, with the throne going to the French king. France would remain part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution and it slowly became Germanized over the years due to settlers from Germany heading west. The new Norwegian king, King Håkon lV, was laid back and enjoyed the pleasures of life. The Norwegian kingdom nearly went broke as a result of his free spending. He hosted tournaments at every occasion and held a feast every week. The nobility loved him due to this and as such, never really complained about the king's power. He died of drinking too much in 1330.
 
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